A photo collage of the arrested kidnappers (L) and rescused victims (R) The Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), DCOP Lydia Donkor, has disclosed that the two Ghanaian women: Evelyn Serwaa Konadu and Anastasia Baidoo, who were kidnapped, were lured through romance scams orchestrated by the suspects. Providing…

A woman used online dating apps to lure at least four older men to meet her in person, then drugged them with sedatives and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in a “sinister” romance scheme, FBI officials in Las Vegas said Friday.Three of the men died, authorities said, and she…

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The police operation resulted in the seizure of computers, mobile phones, and about $25,756 in suspected proceeds and luxury watches from the syndicate’s headquarters. Police said that victims originated from multiple countries, including Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan, India, and Singapore. A widening real-time deepfake problem Realtime deepfakes have become…

BISMARCK — Two Maryland men have been sentenced for a romance fraud scheme that targeted older women on social media. North Dakota U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Traynor sentenced Chinedu Ikenna Nwafor, 42, of Bowie, Maryland, on Tuesday, Dec. 17, to 25 months in prison. Nwafor, who pleaded guilty to…

Keanu Reeves keeps me up at night, Brad Pitt wakes me up in the morning, and don’t even get me started on Liam Neeson. The thing is, all they want to do is talk. Via social media. About needing gift cards. One of my recent conversations with Liam Neeson went…

MIRAMAR, Fla. – A 30-year-old Miramar woman could spend up to a decade in prison for laundering millions of dollars from American victims on behalf of an African romance scammer, prosecutors said. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Cristine Petitfrere pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering on…

A woman in Miramar, Florida, pleaded guilty to laundering $2.7 million after she was accused of committing fraud via romance scams, according to a September 11 statement from the Department of Justice. Prosecutors said Cristine Petitfrere, 30, used bank accounts to receive funds and sent some of the money to…

Inside an overseas romance scam targeting American men online – CBS News Watch CBS News Scammers overseas are targeting Americans’ hearts and their wallets. Men, who believe they’re speaking with women online, are lured into sending them money — but that money often ends up in the hands of young…

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, “Nigerian Prince” emails became infamous — typically involving someone claiming to be royalty and asking for money that they promised would be paid back with a hefty commission added once the purported royal offspring came into his inheritance.  Most people know by now…